Match-card.



No. 837,233. PATBNTBD- Nov. 27, 190s.

M. LARSBN.

MATGH GARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.13. 1908.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.A MARTiNUs LARSEN, or BROOKLYN. NEW Yoan. i

MATCH-CARD l Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Nov. 27 1906.

Application mea March is, 190e. sean No. 305.803.

the card that the match-heads may be more uniformly and certainly ,detached than heretofore, that they may occupy the minimum l of space,'particularly as to thickness, that they shalll present a pleasing appearance to the eye, that they be of a form to enable ready and cheap manufacture, and that'the match-heads shall .be so located one with rezo lation to another that liability to rub surfaces shall be prevented as much as possible, all without producing waste of material or increasing the intricacy of manufacture.

In carrying out xnYV invention .I provide a uniting-strip from which the splints project with their butt-ends preferably more fra ible than the rest of the splints, 'and I prlder that this uniting-strip be secured to or form part of a retaining element which I prefer to 3e provide as a rectangular frame, from opposite sides of which the splints proj ect. I prefer that the arrangement of the splints on a single sheet be such that they constitute two series, one series being securedto one strip of the frame with intervening spaces at least of the width of a splint and the other series `being likewise formed, but secured to the opposite strip, with the splints so located'that they will occupy a position in said spaces.

4o This can .readily be secured by stamping the entire frame and two series of splints from one integral sheet, but not necessarily so. When two such sheets are to be secured together as afolder, I so locate the free ends or igniting-heads of one strip that they will come opposite the butts of the splints of the other strip when said folder has been folded like a book. I also prefer that recesses' shall be formed in the strips or in the strips and 5o part of the butt-ends to form reception-pockets for theV heads of an opposing series. of matches. By forming these recesses enabled to assemble two sheets with a thickl ness less than the combined thickness of two 5 5 match-heads, as is obviously desirable. Preferably I so form the frame and the direction any match of one series a recess of projection of the splints that a mere compression of the retaining-strips toward each other will cause the splints to assume a position projecting without the plane of. the sheet, with each head preferably free from contact with its'neighbor, and where two series such as herein described are present, with y the splints of one series crossing the s lints of the other series like a letter X, it wi l be obvious that this arrangement provides a sim-- ple means for either machine or hand dipping of the tips.

Myl invention willbe pointed out in the claims. 3

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a single sheet ofmatch-splints according to my invention,l and it shows one splint as raised. preparatory to being detached. Fi 2 showsa plan view of a double sheet or fol er with cover attached. Fig. 3 Y

is a perspective view of Fig. 1, showing how compression of `the strips will extend the match-splints from the plane of the sheet. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the folder of Fig. 2. Fig.'5 is a view similar to Fi 1 of a modification, and Fig. 6 is ayview o a partA of a strip from which the device of Fig. 5 is' made up. Y

l My .preferred form of match-sheet is shown in Figs. 1to 4', inclusive, in which the uniting-strips 1 and 2 form opposite lsides of a rectangular frame having ends 3 and 4. The splints themselves are shown as arranged in twoseries, splints :c belonging to one series and joined* to strip 1, while splints y of the other series are joined to strip 2. KThe strips and' splints near their butt-ends are so cut out as to leave a recess 5 adjacent to the butt- The formation of these recesses 5 partl out of the splints themselves reduces a re uced cross-section on the sp int at 6 near its end and greatly facilitates the removal by breaking at the proper place. The recesses have a second'function and advanends.

ta e, asv will be seen from the following. The

sp ints/ of one series are so placed that they nicely t between the adjacent splints ofscries Their heads conse uently will lie in the recessesv 5. Where all t e splints and reloo' taining-strips or frame are made of one piece,

as shown in these figures, it willbe obvious that the splints all occupy the sanie plane with their edges parallel and with the head of 5 and lying between the butt-ends of two adjacent splints y of the opposite series. As shown in IIO ' ing-strip 13 may be x fold where greatest will be noticed in Fig. 2-that the left-hand V6c, tween for the 65 edges parallel, and secured attheir strips 3 'and 4 and cause the splints and y to cross leachother like a letter X, each free 5 end of the splints being well separated from its neighbor, as the splints project tangentially to the curved end strips. It is in this -l position that I prefer to dip the ends.

In Fig. 2 I have shown two sheets j oinedv 1o on a mid-line and secured by staples 7 toa cover 8, having a flap Q-to'iit, as shown 1n Fig. 4, into a slit 11 when folded. An ignitattached `to or formed on the cover, as` illustrated, preferably near the stability is obtained. It

sheet has each splint y arranged with its buttv end near the fold and the head of splints a; next the fold, while on the right-hand sheet zo the splints g/'have their heads next the fold and splints n: their butts next the fold. By

this arrangement the heads of one seires of one' strip will come opposite the butt-ends of the other stp,and thus take up less room,

25 at'the same time vpreventing rubbing off of one igniting-head against another. v

As shown inl the modiiication .of Figs. 5 and 6, the uniting-strip is formed of a continuous strip having splintsprojecting there- 3o from withv intervening spaces instead of b'eing formed of an integral sheet.

I secure two such strips 'toa retaining element, in this case a sheet of cardboard or the like 14, with the splints in the same. relative position 5 5 shown in the figures before described.'V lThey are shown as attached by staples to retainin element 14. i. y the term retaining element as set forth in my claims I intend to include and 4o define any element frornwhich the` matchstrips may project and be held in position, which is shown as a rectangular structure in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of my drawings and as a sheet of p'a er 14 secured to the bands 10of 4; Figs. 5 an 6, in which structure the band 10 itself comprises a ment.

I claim as my invention- A 1. A match-card of suitable flexible matepart'of the retaining ele- 5o lrial whose exterior edge is intact, and with the interior body slit into'sp'lints, each pair of slits ending in a circular cut whereby each alternate splint is free at one enlarged end forming the head, the other end being correspondinglydiminisled in size.

. 2. A match-card comprisin a retaining element, s lints o' conslderab e width and little thic ess, projecting. therefrom, the splints lyingside by side with a ace begreater part of their length and at a reater distance from eachother at their joinxIerwith the retaining element..

3. Almatch-card com rising aV retaining element, match-splintsitliereon havilg their utt to v of match-splints edges parallel,

yjoined to said first element to bined space the retaining element, the butt of one match lying between the'heads of adjacent matches.

4. A match-card com rising a retaining element, match-splints tereon having their 'edges parallel, and secured at their butt to the retaining element, the butt of one match lying between the heads ofadjacent matches,

'alternate match-splints being at a greater distance apart at their butt than throughout theirv len receive t butt-ends.

5. A match-card comprising a retaining e match-head lying between said th, whereby a recess is formed to element, composed of an integral. rectangular structure, at least a" series of separated match-splints joined at their butt-ends to oneside ofthe structure, and as'econd series 'oined in like manner to the opposite side so. that the splints of the second series lwill lie between those of the lirst series.

.6. A match-card comprising a retaining element composed ofan integral rectangular structure, a series of separated match-splints joined at .their butt-ends to one side of the structure anda secondseries of match-splints joined in like manner to the opposite side so that the splints of the second series will lie between -t heads.

7. A match-cardcom rising aA retaining' element 'composed of an integral rectangular ose of the irst series, said structure having recesses toreceive the match-- structure, a series ofseparated match-splints joined at their butt-ends ltoone side of the structure'and alsecond series of match-splints joined in like-manner tothe o posite side so that `the s lints of thesecondp between t ose of the first series, said splints being formed of reduced width near their butt-ends to produce a frangible point for the s lints, the heads 'of the opposite series of spllints lying in the recesses formed by the sides of thereduced portion 8. A .match-card comprising a retaining element, match-splints thereon having their and secured at their butt to the retaining element, the butt of one match IOO' series will lie IIO lying between the heads lof adjacent matches, in combination with a second retaining element, with match-splints thereon, and joined to said iirst element to forma folder.

9. A match-card comprising a retaining element, match-splints thereon having their edges parallel, and secured at their butt to the retaining element, the butt of'one match lying-between theheads ofadjacent matches, in combination with a second retaining element, with match splints thereon, and form a folder, said line of joinder being at right angles to the lengthof the splints. l*

10. A match-card comprising two oppo sitel retaining elements, a hinge joining them, splints carried by each element, the com-v occupied by two heads of opposite elements when in folded position being less than their combined thicknesses.

11. A retaining element for match-splints comprising a rectangular structure having opposite unitingstrips and match splints joined thereto at their butt-vends, said structure beingv compressible whereby on compressing the strips toward each other the matches will be caused to project from the surface of frame.

12. A match-card comprising a retaining element, match-splints thereon having their edges parallel, and secured at their butt to the retaining element, the butt of one match lying between the heads of adjacent matches,

in combination with a second retaining element', with match-splints thereon, and joined to said firstelement to forni a-folder, with the heads on one sheet opposite the butts on theother when folded together bookwise.

13. A match-card comprising two opposite retainingl elements, a hinge joining said elements, splints carried by each eleme'nt, heads on the splints, the combined s ace 0ccupied by two heads on opposite e ements when in folded position being less than their coinbined thicknesses, said heads being partially located within the plane of the retaining element which carries them.

14. A Vmatch-card comprising two opposite retaining elements, a hinge joining said elements, splints carried by each element, heads on the splints, the combined space occupied by two heads on opposite elements when in folded position being less than their combined thicknesses, said heads being partially located within the plane of the retaining element which carries them, the heads of opposite elements being `free from contact.

Signed at New York city this 7th day of- March, 1906.

MARTINUS LARSEN.

Witnesses: F. WARREN WRIGHT, BEATRICE Minis. 

